Zsuzsanna Szelényi
Zsuzsanna Szelényi | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 10 June 2014 – 7 May 2018 | |
In office 2 May 1990 – 27 June 1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hungary | 6 October 1966
Political party | Fidesz (1988–94) Together (2013–17) |
Spouse | Ferenc Karvalits |
Children | 3 |
Profession | author, foreign policy expert, politician |
Zsuzsanna Szelényi (born 6 October 1966)
Life
Szelényi was born in
Her husband is Ferenc Karvalits, a former vice governor of the Hungarian National Bank. They have three children.
Career
Zsuzsanna Szelényi joined Fidesz during the
Szelényi served as Ministerial Commissioner in the Ministry of Education between 1994 and 1996.[4] She worked for the Council of Europe from 1996 to 2010, as deputy director of the European Youth Centre Budapest advising governments and civil society organizations. From 2010 to 2012 she worked as an international development consultant in the Balkans and North Africa. She participated in the activities of several non-profit organizations, including the Active Citizenship Foundation, German Marshall Fund of the United States Marshall Memorial Fellowship, and the Hungarian Europe Society.[4]
She co-founded the liberal Together party led by former PM Gordon Bajnai in March 2012.[5][6] She ran in the 2014 parliamentary election for District II, Budapest, and became MP from the party's list. She served as a member of the Committee on Budgets from 2014 to 2018.[2] She did extensive foreign policy work and built the Visegrad4Europe network among pro-European politicians and think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe.
In 2019 she was invited to be Europe's Future fellow at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna. In 2020 she was offered Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin.
In 2022 she took the position of the founding director of the Democracy Institute Leadership Academy at the Central European University, Budapest campus.
References
- ^ a b "Zsuzsanna Szelényi". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
- ^ Országgyűlés.
- ^ interjú: A rendszerváltás női szemmel
- ^ a b Az iskolának valódi közösségként kellene működnie – Egyenlítő-beszélgetés Szelényi Zsuzsával
- ^ "Párttá alakult az Együtt 2014". atv.hu. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ "Párttá alakult az Együtt 2014". Magyar Hírlap Online. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2013-03-20.